[Healeys] Front leather seat installation

[John Rowe]

My upholsterer at the time slid foam (about ¼” thick) cut to size into the pockets- used a ruler to assist getting them into place

John Rowe  Qld Australia

 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Richard Collins
Sent: Friday, 28 July 2017 10:29 AM
To: BJ8Healeys
Cc: Healey List
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Front leather seat installation

 

I am redoing the seats on my BN7 with a Moss kit. The old original bottom pleats were full as Steve notes below but the new kits are not.

Neither are leather.

Regards, 

Richard C

 


On Jul 27, 2017, at 6:53 PM, BJ8Healeys <sbyers at ec.rr.com> wrote:

It has been a long time, but as I recall the pleats in the seat bottom were pre-sewn and filled out when I installed the cover, but have flattened out over the last 18 years of carrying my butt around.  I may be wrong.  The pleats in the rear seat pans are still full.

 

Steve Byers

HBJ8L/36666

BJ8 Registry

AHCA Delegate at Large

Havelock, NC  

 

 

From: Tim Davis BN7 [mailto:tld6008 at mchsi.com] 
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 6:39 PM
To: BJ8Healeys
Cc: 'Healey List'
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Front leather seat installation

 

I did mine much as you did. I do recall gluing Muslin material to certain areas and using a plastic dry cleaning  bag to help get the covers onto the seat back (pulled free afterwards). What I didn't know and it looks like you may not have either is the trick to get the pleats in the leather covers to fill out. Some of the old seats I have taken apart had padding (looked like cotten batting) stuffed in places to fill out areas for a better contour.


Tim Davis BN7

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